Cinema pioneers

The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean ( 5 October 1864, Besançon, France – 6 June 1948, Bandol) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas ( 19 October 1862, Besançon, France – 10 April 1954, Lyon), were the creators of the cinematographe, a three-in-one motion picture camera, developer, and projector, and were among the earliest key filmmakers. They were both born in Twin Valley, Besançon, France but brought up in Lyon. Both attended La Martiniere Lyons. Their father ran a photographic firm and both brothers worked for him: Louis as a physicist and Auguste as a manager. Louis had made some improvements to the still photograph process, the most noticeable being the dry plate process which was a major step towards film. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auguste and Louis Lumière"

Birt Acres ( July 23, 1854– 1918), born in Richmond, Virginia, USA of English parents was a photographer and film pioneer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Birt Acres"

In his book titled "Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood," Charles Foster recounted his experiences meeting some of these Canadians while on leave from the Royal Air Force during World War II. Foster visited Hollywood where he was introduced to Canadian and silent movie director Sidney Olcott. Through Olcott he learned of Hollywood's Canadian community. Although total strangers, young Foster was welcomed with open arms. He was taken to Pickfair where he met "America's Sweetheart", Mary Pickford, followed by a tour of MGM Studios escorted by Louis B. Mayer personally. If that were not heady enough stuff for a wide-eyed young man, Norma Shearer served him tea and Mack Sennett personally took the time to drive him around to meet more of his compatriots and even had a party thrown in his honor. In attendance were Fay Wray and Jack Warner, who, despite having moved with their parents from Canada at a very young age, never lost their love for their birthplace and were a proud part of Hollywood's Canadian community. This social gathering of "Canucks" also included Walter Pidgeon, Deanna Durbin, Fifi D'Orsay, and others who worked in the movie business. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood"

Cecil Hepworth ( March 19 1874 – February 9 1953) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter, he was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cecil Hepworth"

Charles Francis Jenkins ( August 22, 1867 - June 5, 1934) was a pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies. His businesses included Charles Jenkins Laboratories and Jenkins Television Corporation (the corporation being founded in 1928, the year the Laboratories were granted the first commercial television license in the United States). ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Francis Jenkins"

Charles Pathé ( December 25, 1863 – December 26, 1957) was a major French pioneer of the film and recording industries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Pathé"

Charles Urban ( April 15 1867 - August 29 1942) was an Anglo-American film producer and distributer, and one of the most significant figures in UK cinema before the First World War. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Urban"

David Horsley ( March 11, 1873 – February 23, 1933) was English born pioneer of the movie industry who built the first movie studio in Hollywood. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Horsley"

Frank Joseph Marion ( c.1870 - March 28, 1963) was an American motion picture pioneer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank J. Marion"

Georges Méliès ( December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938), full name Maries-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a Formalist French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was born in Paris, where his family manufactured shoes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Georges Méliès"

Hugh Antoine d'Arcy ( March 5, 1843 – November 11, 1925) was a French-born poet and writer and a pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hugh Antoine d'Arcy"

Jonathan Phillip Campbell ( March 30, 1875 – August 6, 1942) was an early pioneer in the motion picture industry. He was born to Harry Edgar Campbell, Jr. and Susan Heller Campbell in State College, Pennsylvania. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Oakton, Virginia where his father worked as an architect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jonathan Campbell"

The Manakis brothers, Yannis/Yannakis ( Avdela, 1878– Thessaloniki, 1954) and Miltiadis ( Avdela, 1882– Bitola, 1964) ( Greek: Γιάννης/Γιαννάκης and Μιλτιάδης Μανάκιας), were Vlach photographers and filmmakers born in the small village of Avdela in Ottoman Epirus. They made the first motion pictures in the Balkans in Monastir, Ottoman Macedonia (now Bitola) in 1905. They are also referred to as the Manakia or Manaki brothers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manakis brothers"

The Mitchell and Kenyon film company was a pioneer of early commercial movies based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England at the start of the 20th century. They were hitherto best known for minor contributions to early fictional narrative film and fake Boer War films, but the discovery in 1994 of a hoard of film negatives led to restoration of the Mitchell and Kenyon Collection, the largest collection of early non-fiction films in the world giving a new and fresh view of Edwardian England and an important resource for historians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mitchell and Kenyon" www.shortopedia.com Dreamteam.

Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France. This article deals with their movie company. For their phonograph and record business, see Pathé Records. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pathé"

Roman Karmen ( 16 November 1906 – April 1975) was a Soviet war camera-man and film director and one of the most influential figures in documentary film making; he could be considered Russia's answer to Leni Riefenstahl. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roman Karmen"

Siegmund Lubin ( April 20, 1851 - September 11, 1923) was an American businessman and motion picture pioneer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Siegmund Lubin"

Thomas J. Armat ( 1866 - September 30, 1948) was an American mechanic and inventor, a pioneer of cinema best known through the co-invention of the Edison Vitascope. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas Armat"

Thomas Harper Ince ( November 6, 1882 – November 20, 1924) was an American silent film director, producer and screenwriter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas Harper Ince"

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson ( August 3, 1860– September 28, 1935) was a Scottish inventor who is credited with the invention of the motion picture camera under the employ of Thomas Edison. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Dickson (film pioneer)"

William Friese-Greene ( September 7, 1855– May 5, 1921) (born William Edward Green) was a portrait photographer and prolific inventor. He is principally known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures and is credited by some as the inventor of cinematography. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Friese-Greene"

William Nicholas Selig ( March 14, 1864 - July 15, 1948) was a pioneer of the American motion picture industry. ...more on Wikipedia about "William Selig"

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